Team UK: Week 3

curvykatie
curvykatie Posts: 870 Member
edited September 19 in Motivation and Support
hi again

since i had a nutrition and a fitness challenge suggestion i thought i would put them both for this week. (and because they were better than what i had in mind :embarassed: )

Fitness challenge: this week do 3 x12 squats, 3x12 lunges, and as many planks as you can do a day, at least 3 x a week (planks are more effective on the abs than crunches)

Nutrition: stick to you calorie intake each day, but make sure you are getting at least 1200!

So, there we have it, this weeks challenges.
Have fun with them!

Katie
xx
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  • RikkiLeigh
    RikkiLeigh Posts: 22
    Hi All,

    I know im 3 weeks late, but would it be ok for me to join in frm today :)
    Im guessin Team UK - Is for us that live in the UK?

    Thanks

    Rikki :smile:
  • curvykatie
    curvykatie Posts: 870 Member
    hi, of course you can join!
    and yes, we're all from the UK in this group

    x
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    Good morning... Whoooaaahh How windy is it out today..??:laugh:

    Sorry i fell off the thread last week.. hope everyone is ok? :flowerforyou:

    Nice weekends?

    Kathereine x
  • RikkiLeigh
    RikkiLeigh Posts: 22
    Hey

    I just noticed that on my old account i have added you katherine :smile:
    Thought i recognised your face.

    its raining here and work has the air con on high! Its Freezing!

    How have you been getting on?

    __x
  • glittergirlamy14
    glittergirlamy14 Posts: 50 Member
    Hi guys,

    This may sound a bit stupid, but what is a plank?

    I've already done 20 minutes on my exercise bike which burnt 700 calories, but I had curly fries for lunch and pizza for tea so I need to go back on!

    I think about 10 minutes should do then I can do some stretching since I've not really done any since I joined. I will do that while watching Britain's Next Top Model, although it's not as good as the American one!

    Amy x
  • curvykatie
    curvykatie Posts: 870 Member
    not a stupid question at all

    to do a plank:
    lie on your front, forarms infront of you, toes pointing to the ground. you lift your hips, chest and thighs off the floor keeping your back straight and holding that position for as long as possible (i can JUST manage 10sec at the mo)
    hope that helps
  • Cinnamon_Kisses
    Cinnamon_Kisses Posts: 83
    Morning all!

    Oh my, lifting my chest off the ground might be a challenge :laugh: Challenge sounds good though, I'll start today.

    I had my weigh in yesterday and I'm 141lbs which means I'm officially a HEALTHY weight woop woop woop! I celebrated by spending £40 on Benefit make up, to add to my healthy glow :wink:

    Starting revision today for my last exam (it's in a week) and then I'm done with uni forever!! So weird but also good :happy: I hope I can keep the weight off for graduation day!

    Have a good day everyone! x
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Oh my, lifting my chest off the ground might be a challenge :laugh:

    Ditto!!! :laugh: :noway: :laugh:

    WELL DONE on being a healthy weight, cinnamon :bigsmile:

    Great challenge Katie, Cheers :smile: . I'll alternate those exercises with the dance aerobics, hopefuly make it 7 days of excercise this week.

    Welcome Rikki :flowerforyou: Have a great week everyone (don't get blown away Katherine!) :drinker:
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    Hey

    I just noticed that on my old account i have added you katherine :smile:
    Thought i recognised your face.

    its raining here and work has the air con on high! Its Freezing!

    How have you been getting on?

    __x

    Hey Rikki!!!

    Wow long time no speak!!! How are you doing?
    yeah getting on well... Havnt been loosing much, not that i really need to tbh.. BUT im maintaining which is the main thing for me... really pushing it this next 2 weeks as im going to Ayia Napa on the 5th June!! Cant wait! Sun, Sea, Sand and BOYS! Ha ha!

    How have you been doing?

    Katherine x x :flowerforyou:
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
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    Welcome Rikki :flowerforyou: Have a great week everyone (don't get blown away Katherine!) :drinker:
    [/quote]

    Ha ha ha!! ill try not too! another windy day in Farnham again!!

    Not venturing out at all!!!

    :heart: Katherine
  • curvykatie
    curvykatie Posts: 870 Member
    i was bad yesterday :embarassed: i ate way over my calories, but am trying to get back on track today and will be doing my workout tonight
    it really hasnt helped that i've just found somewhere that sells salt and vinegar pom-bears ^.^

    well done cinnemon! wish i had your willpower and motivation lol
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    Katie,

    Salt and vinigar Pom Bears!! AMAZING!!! :happy:

    You will do great today!! i have days of falling off the waggon, but i pick my feet up and say hey its a new day today.. i will great straight back on track!!

    Hope your having a good day
    :flowerforyou:

    Katherine
  • curvykatie
    curvykatie Posts: 870 Member
    just looked at the nutritional information of the pom bears and they're actualy really good!
    94cal per bag! ok fat not so good 5.2g with 1.5 being sat fats and 0.61g salt
    and i got a HUGE tub of strawberries for £1, healthy snack for me lol
  • RikkiLeigh
    RikkiLeigh Posts: 22
    Thanks everyone for the hello's

    Im really good thanks katherine - Gave up for a little while on the dieting front, but i have re-gained by motivation with having the local towns Half Marathon coming up. Ive signed up and am working so hard to up the amount of miles i run each week, that i think i actually may be able to do it!

    Wow that sounds great! Me and my boyfriend are going to Sharm in Egypt in July, and its my first holiday abroad so im really looking forward to that!

    Katie, as Katherine said, todays a new day. I went over yesterday. I think its time of the month due or something because i ate a Snickers then 5 minutes after i ate a Kit Kat Chunky! I managed to work it off last night on my run, but it was not good! (Tasted good though :laugh: )
    But just get back on it today - I do like the idea of those pom bears though!!

    Ive been eating the sweet chilli ryveita snack things. Theyre like a healthy crisp (Or i think so anyway).
    Has any one tryed them yet?

    Have a great day everyone :)

    __x
  • catouls
    catouls Posts: 1
    Hello, I'm Caroline. I am going to try to follow Katy's advice from now on. I have 3 stone to lose. Today is day 1.
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Hi Caroline :smile: Where are you from?
    just looked at the nutritional information of the pom bears and they're actualy really good!
    94cal per bag! ok fat not so good 5.2g with 1.5 being sat fats and 0.61g salt
    and i got a HUGE tub of strawberries for £1, healthy snack for me lol

    Katie try Quavers: 87 cals, 4.9g fat but only 0.4g saturated fat. I'm addicted
  • RikkiLeigh
    RikkiLeigh Posts: 22
    Hi Lorro - Sorry didnt see you there :tongue

    And welcome Caroline :tongue:

    What has everyone had for tea?

    __x
  • glittergirlamy14
    glittergirlamy14 Posts: 50 Member
    Hi everyone,

    I tried doing those planks last night - jeezo! My flatmate came in while I was doing them and couldn't understand why they were hard to do, so I made him do it and he was definitely struggling!

    I had garlic and ginger chicken and rice, with some carrots and cucumber for dinner. Not very adventurous but nice and quick.

    Reading these posts makes me want some pom bears though, they're my favourite crisps!

    Amy x
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Hi Rikki :smile:

    I had a wholewheat tortilla wrap with chicken fajita, beetroot salad, spring onion, salsa, mushrooms and a touch of half fat fromage frais - comes in at just under 400 cals :tongue:
  • Cinnamon_Kisses
    Cinnamon_Kisses Posts: 83
    Hey guys,

    Welcome newbies! Mmmm quavers!! Love them Lorro, not quite as much as I love kettle chips with dip but they're death in a bag.

    I had dinner at lunch time, I heard it's better to fuel you for the day? I had mashed potato, green beans and cod. Was yum and now I'm having some ryvitas and cottage cheese. Oh the exciting life I lead!! :laugh:

    Where's Helen gone?!
  • Cinnamon_Kisses
    Cinnamon_Kisses Posts: 83
    Hi Rikki :smile:

    I had a wholewheat tortilla wrap with chicken fajita, beetroot salad, spring onion, salsa, mushrooms and a touch of half fat fromage frais - comes in at just under 400 cals :tongue:

    That sounds so good!! Might have to try that. Did you have salsa with it?
  • glittergirlamy14
    glittergirlamy14 Posts: 50 Member
    Sounds yum! I wouldn't be able to only have one wrap though, I'd need to have about 3!!

    x
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Death in a bag! :laugh: Sounds like a sit com title :wink:

    Yes I've heard that the earlier you eat the better. If I don't eat later I snack, so I'm sticking to dinner time. The wraps are with salsa. I keep meaning to make it but so far I've been getting gorgeous chunky salsa off the deli. I use about 3 tablespoons in the wrap. sometimes I also have it on a ham salad roll for lunch and once I even roasted veg in it - turned out lovely and spicy :tongue:

    Helen is around, she's been in the gym lots and working late shifts. I'll ask her to call in :smile:
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Sounds yum! I wouldn't be able to only have one wrap though, I'd need to have about 3!!

    x

    Hi Amy :smile: These tortilla are as big as a big dining plate - not those tiny ones they serve fajitas with in restaurants. The only problems is I fill them so much it's hard to eat them without making a total mess! Not one for dinner guests :laugh:
  • Cinnamon_Kisses
    Cinnamon_Kisses Posts: 83
    Death in a bag! :laugh: Sounds like a sit com title :wink:

    Yes I've heard that the earlier you eat the better. If I don't eat later I snack, so I'm sticking to dinner time. The wraps are with salsa. I keep meaning to make it but so far I've been getting gorgeous chunky salsa off the deli. I use about 3 tablespoons in the wrap. sometimes I also have it on a ham salad roll for lunch and once I even roasted veg in it - turned out lovely and spicy :tongue:

    Helen is around, she's been in the gym lots and working late shifts. I'll ask her to call in :smile:

    Cheers Lorro, I've been running out of dinner ideas and this sounds good. I love guacamole, might put some of that on as well.
  • Cinnamon_Kisses
    Cinnamon_Kisses Posts: 83
    Death in a bag! :laugh: Sounds like a sit com title :wink:

    Yes I've heard that the earlier you eat the better. If I don't eat later I snack, so I'm sticking to dinner time. The wraps are with salsa. I keep meaning to make it but so far I've been getting gorgeous chunky salsa off the deli. I use about 3 tablespoons in the wrap. sometimes I also have it on a ham salad roll for lunch and once I even roasted veg in it - turned out lovely and spicy :tongue:

    Helen is around, she's been in the gym lots and working late shifts. I'll ask her to call in :smile:

    Cheers Lorro, I've been running out of dinner ideas and this sounds good. I love guacamole, might put some of that on as well.
  • Bulletproof_Helen
    Bulletproof_Helen Posts: 209 Member
    Hello all, sorry for being away so much, shifts and gym takes up most of my time then my housework too it's all go go go :happy:

    I don't know whether I am losing or not at the moment, my weigh in is tomorrow but due to the exercise i have a feeling I am stuck on a plateau because muscle is heavier than fat, my clothes are certainly spacious :bigsmile:

    Sorry for the short message, I have to switch this hot laptop off :grumble: will pop by tomorrow sometime :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

    Good luck :flowerforyou:
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    Cinnamon, guacamole is great with it too, or avocado of you can afford the cals.

    So Helen, you've been out nicking laptops again!?! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Can you tell I've spent 2 days housebound with ill kids? :noway: Pray for health and sanity to return to my household tomorrow
  • RikkiLeigh
    RikkiLeigh Posts: 22
    Hi all,

    Sorry i didnt post to my own question yesterday! I did my run of ......... Wait for it....... 6 MILES! And OMG i was half dead and couldnt manage to pull myself on to the PC. i am so very pleased, that right now im on target. Another mile extra by the end of the week i hope!

    I weighed in yesterday and was pleased with the result. I managed an extra Lb off so im Plateu-ing yet!

    And my bum has actualyl started to lift :tongue:
    SO all well and good.

    I cooked homemade lasagne - I followed a low cal recipe (Sort of) and i think between 4 of us - its about 350 Cals - Bran Flakes for breakfast with a good cup of PG!

    MMMmmm
    Have a great day :happy:

    __x
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    Good morning Everyone! And Helloo to the Newbies!! Nice to see you all around!

    I feel a might have missed a massive chunk of last nights chats on here! Your dinners all sounded lovely! I had Legs Bums and Tums last night as well as 20 mis in the gym, so for dinner i had wholewheat fusilli pasta with 1/2 can of tuna and sweetcorn.. so a sort of tuna pasta bake but without the white sauce and cheese!!

    Breakfast was mini wheats, no milk.. and a Lemon and Lime tea! Yum Yum Yum! Mid morning snack will be some almonds...

    Not going to the gym tonight.. my feet are all blistered from my RUBBISH trainers.. so i now cant walk flat on my feet.. Very painful might i just add!! :sick:

    Hi Helen!! Lovely to see you around!!! Whoo hoo for the spacious clothes!

    Katherine :heart:
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